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Friday, October 22, 2010

RED & YELLOW WATERMELON GRANITA

I know....... summer in some parts of foodie world is over. But in my world ~ summer is forever.

So there is nothing like an ice cold headache-inducing water melon granita to keep those heat waves at bay. This was just so refreshing that when my daughter and I mouthed the first few scoops of ice cold crystallized melon juice aka as granita while watching tv the heat outside just seemed to dissipate into a mirage-y blur and I felt transported to several degrees below 100.

It was a continuous effort between cooling down and an ice cold headache. At times it was like my brain was being flashed frozen and the next minute relieved of it. It was a foodie's fight against nature. As hard as that may sound I would do granita again and again if the heat keeps up. Rain? Come again? Pretty please?

Of course granita turned to pleasant slush afterwards and I wished I had one of those big fat drain pipe straws then. Slurpy slurp.

I used red and yellow seedless water melon for these granitas. Since the watermelon was so sweet I cut it down with a few squirts of lemon juice. While I was at it I chopped some mint and threw it into the red watermelon slush/soon to be granita. Gosh it was so good. These granitas.

So......

When you're feelin' kinda hotta

Grab an ice cold and crunchy granita.

The recipe ~ serves many or when summers are forever

1 red watermelon

1 yellow watermelon

Juice of 1 or 2 lemons, if desired

pinch of sea salt

some chopped mint, if desired

Scoop out the red watermelon meat. Place in a blender and blitz. Add a pinch of sea salt, lemon juice if desired. Swish and pour into a tub and when half frozen take out from the freezer and agitate it with a fork. Do it a couple of more times until you get granita according to the texture that pleases you. Scoop granita into individual glasses, layering the red and yellow granitas if you fancy, garnish with a sprig of mint and serve yourself and others. Best served when the sun is relentless and totally beating down on you. Mmm-hmmm. ~ Cooool ~

Oh this is beautiful Zurin!I love granitas even though they sometimes give me an "ice cream headache"...but they are worth it.I will try this when summer returns here...It was 37*F here this morning...a bit nippy!